Two days before his 88th birthday, Pope Francis received a warm welcome on the Mediterranean island of Corsica for a one-day visit to the city of Ajaccio, the capital of the French island region.

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis’ one-day visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday, two days before his 88th birthday, puts a dual focus on the Mediterranean, highlighting local ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...

AJACCIO, Corsica — During the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday, Pope Francis called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...

On Dec. 15, Pope Francis will travel to Ajaccio, the capital of the French island of Corsica, for a less than nine-hour visit. Part of the pope’s itinerary for the short trip is to speak at the ...

Pope Francis embarked on a visit to the French island of Corsica two days before his 88th birthday. The trip comes shortly after he skipped the prestigious reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Pope Francis, visiting Corsica for the first time, praised the island’s people for their faith and strong tradition of popular piety, calling them “an admirable example in Europe.” ...

Pope Francis celebrated mass Sunday before a congregation of thousands in Corsica, a stronghold of the Catholic faith, the first-ever trip by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island. The ...

But he agreed to the Corsica trip hosted by the island's popular, media-savvy cardinal, 56-year-old Francois-Xavier Bustillo. Wearing a pink robe traditional for the third Sunday of Advent ...

Pope Francis meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron at Ajaccio's International Airport at the end of his trip on the French island of Corsica, on December 15, 2024. TIZIANA FABI / VIA ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis gestures near the Notre Dame of the Assumption cathedral Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 in Ajaccio ...